Patterson Lake uranium explorer, NexGen Energy (NXE:TSXV), released the results of their aerial geophysical surveys along their southern Athabasca basin margins, at the Rook and Dufferin areas.  The surveys identified five zones of elevated U-channel radiometrics on the Rook I property of which two are in the area where they completed their initial 12 hole drill… Continue Reading

With the question of whether the deal between Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) and Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) now out of the way, the stage is set for consolidation wave in the Patterson Lake region of Saskatchewan.  Some questions were raised recently about whether this deal would be finalized following a lawsuit involving Fission which muddied the waters.  However, now… Continue Reading

Yesterday, the Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, announced that Canada and Albania have finalized negotiations on a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement (FIPA). Minister Fast made the announcement at Albania’s Independence Day reception in Ottawa.  A FIPA is a treaty designed to promote and protect Canadian investment abroad through legally binding provisions… Continue Reading

Ronald Pantin’s Pacific Rubiales (PRE:TSX) has closed its acquisition of Colombian-focused light oil producer Petrominerales (PMG:TSX) for $11 per share in cash and 1 common share of NewCo.  The NewCo will be funded with approximately $100 million cash and will hold some of the non-core assets previously held by PMG.  This transaction was expected to… Continue Reading

The Canadian retail speculator isn’t dead, they just don’t give a damn about mining anymore. LX-Ventures (TSXV:LXV), a publicly traded technology VC founded by Keir Reynolds and led by CEO Mike Edwards, has been on an absolute tear recently, climbing over 600% in 40 days on very strong volume (9 million shares yesterday, for example).… Continue Reading

As the gold price continues to slump, two things in the gold market matter the most: grade and capex intensity.  Dalradian Resources (DNA:TSX) is developing an extremely high-grade Curraghinalt gold mine in northern Ireland and today announced an update on the permitting process there.  According to the release, the strategic planning division of the Department… Continue Reading

Anchor Andrew Bell sported an arm sling on his Commodities program on BNN television earlier, citing a cycling accident. The show must go on, however and three CEOs joined Bell this morning to tell their stories. Brian McLachlan, President and CEO of Yoho Resources (TSXV:YO), was the first guest on the program. Yoho are developing oil… Continue Reading

Graham Farquharson of Strathcona Mineral Services tells The Northern Miner why his company made such a stink about Pretium (TSX:PVG)’s resource model and bulk sample test, ultimately resigning from the project. “Farquharson does not believe that Brucejack is a fraud. He does believe the resource model is wrong and that the actual resource at Brucejack… Continue Reading

Some of the best value offered in the junior markets come in the form of junior to mid-cap international E&P’s.  These are substantially discounted to their domestic peers.  Petroamerica Oil (PTA:TSXV) is one of these junior international E&P’s.  The company released their third quarter results which highlighted the profitability of this light oil producer.  The company… Continue Reading

Lukas Lundin’s Lucara Diamond (LUC:TSX) sold almost $23 million from their third ‘exceptional’ stone tender.  The diamonds were from the company’s Karowe mine in Botswana which has been the backbone of the company’s success this year.  In May of this year, LUC announced their first stone tender which sold 15 stones for gross revenue of… Continue Reading

Canada Carbon (TSX-V: CCB), a Vancouver-based mineral exploration and acquisition firm operating in Ontario and Quebec, released trenching and drilling assay results from their past producing Miller graphite project located in Quebec. According to the news release, results showed that graphite mineralization extended from the surface to a depth of 39 metres. There were untested… Continue Reading

The Rant Thank you Toronto, and other observations Your neighbours to the south will be eternally grateful for your crackpot mayor providing considerably better entertainment value than your mining markets of late. The comic relief is greatly appreciated– keep it coming. The relentless hammering of the junior mining markets and gold price continues despite the… Continue Reading

Once an investor favorite, Cameco Corporation (CCJ) fell on hard times following the Fukushima disaster in March 2011. However, now there is ample reason for optimism from both a fundamental and a technical standpoint: Click to enlarge CCJ Daily CCJ Weekly Uranium Supply/Demand Gap ( Cameco Investor Presentation) Fukushima’s most dangerous operation yields first successes… Continue Reading

Africa Oil (AOI:TSXV), the east African oil explorer and Lundin Group Company, has found a fifth consecutive oil discovery in Kenya.  The Agete-1 exploration well in block 13T (50% non-operated working interest, Tullow Oil is 50% operator), has discovered and sampled movable oil with an estimated 100 metres of net oil pay in good-quality sandstone reservoirs. The… Continue Reading

Bob Quartermain’s Pretium Resources (PVG:TSX) should see some much need relief this morning after announcing they have surpassed their 4,000 ounce target production rate from the 10,000-tonne bulk sample being done on the Valley of the Kings material.  PVG has produced 4,215 ounces of gold from 8,090 dry tonnes of material with approximately 1,815 wet… Continue Reading